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Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman digest their experience at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner, which came at a time of trauma for journalists on the day of mass layoffs at The Washington Post and otherwise frayed nerves in the nation’s capital.  Show Notes:

Photos of the week | January 30-February 5, 2026 - Photos Of The Week DHS funding and a new member of Congress were just a couple of the highlights in and around the Capitol. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

The Oregon Democrat worked on the Hill as a high school junior. “You belong here,” she tells kids coming to the Capitol now.

A glide path for a final fiscal 2026 spending package suddenly evaporated after the second fatal shooting of a Minneapolis citizen in an immigration crackdown. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Jacob Fulton and David Lerman assess the chances for finding an escape route from another partial government shutdown. Show Notes:

The House has passed all 12 spending bills for the current fiscal year and the Senate is on track to clear them by the Jan. 30 deadline to avoid another partial shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s Jessica Wehrman, David Lerman and Aris Folley recount the drama of the House dealmaking and…

The House worked through spending bills while the Senate was away. Here are the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

The Political Theater podcast discusses the Republican effort to hold the Clintons in contempt of Congress.

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including campaign announcements and redistricting.

Sometimes the biggest news doesn’t end up being the biggest influence on an election. Right now, Venezuela and Greenland, and the American posture toward those lands, are all over the news, and the consequences of what happens are momentous: Will the United States send troops to Venezuela? Will Congress reassert…